wauja

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Wauja[edit]

Central Brazil's Upper Xingu region (blue dot), home to numerous indigenous groups, including the Wauja (Waurá), who speak an Arawakan language.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaʊ.ʐa/, [ˈwaʊ.ʐɐ]

Noun[edit]

wauja

  1. Wauja (Arawak-speaking indigenous people of Central Brazil)
    Wauja natu.
    I [am] Wauja. [male speaker]
    Waujaneju natu.
    I [am a] Wauja woman.
  2. Wauja (indigenous language spoken by the Wauja people)
    Piye wauja maka petemo.
    Speak Wauja so that you will understand [it]. (Practice speaking in order to learn).

See also[edit]

  • muteitsi (indigenous person or thing)
  • putaka (inhabitant of the Upper Xingu)

Adjective[edit]

wauja

  1. Wauja (pertaining to the language and culture of the Wauja people)
    Ninye wauja ogatakoja.
    I speak the Wauja language.
    Wauja onaanka, nitsupalu. Itsapai aitsu.
    [It is] Wauja custom, my daughter. [That's] how we are.

References[edit]

  • E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by native speaker.